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Wolfen

Year:

1981

Duration:

115 min

Genres:

Horror | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.3

Director:

Michael Wadleigh

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1981-07-24

Filming Locations: Kaufman Astoria Studios - 3412 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $3,037,911 (USA) (26 July 1981)

Gross: $8,873,042 (USA) (16 August 1981)

Cast

Actor

Character

Dehl Berti

Wolfen

Linda Gary

Albert Finney

Dewey Wilson

Diane Venora

Rebecca Neff

Edward James Olmos

Eddie Holt

Gregory Hines

Whittington

Tom Noonan

Ferguson

Dick O'Neill

Warren

Peter Michael Goetz

Ross

Sam Gray

Mayor

Ralph Bell

Commissioner

Max M. Brown

Christopher van der Veer

Anne Marie Pohtamo

Pauline van der Veer

Sarah Felder

Cicely Rensselaer

Reginald VelJohnson

Morgue Attendant

James Tolkan

Baldy

John McCurry

Sayad Alve

Chris Manor

Janitor

Donald Symington

Lawyer

Jeffery Ware

Interrogation Operator

E. Brian Dean

Fouchek

Jeffery V. Thompson

Harrison (as Jeffery Thompson)

Victor Arnold

Roundenbush

Frank Adonis

Scola

Richard Minchenberg

Policeman

Raymond Serra

Detective (as Ray Serra)

Thomas Ryan

Detective

Tony Latham

Victim

David Connell

Victim

Jery Hewitt

Victim

Roy Brocksmith

Fat Jogger in Park (as Ray Brocksmith)

Michael Wadleigh

Terrorist Informer

Joaquin Rainbow

Native American

John Ferraro

Native American

Rino Thunder

Native American

Glenn Benoit

Native American

Eddy Navas

Native American

Ricky Hawkeye

Native American

Pete Dyer

Native American

Paul Skyhorse

Native American

Gordon Eagle

Native American

Javier First-Day-Of-Light

Native American

George Stonefish

Native American

Julie Evening Lilly

Native American

Jane Lind

Native American

Annie Gagen

ESS Operator

Max Goff

ESS Operator

Cullen Johnson

ESS Operator

Robert L. King

ESS Operator

Robert Moberly

ESS Operator

Caitlin O'Heaney

ESS Operator

Tony Stratta

ESS Operator

William Sheridan

ESS Operator

Charles Howerton

ESS Voice (voice) (as Charles Howerdton)

Burr DeBenning

ESS Voice (voice)

Corey Burton

ESS Voice (voice)

Patricia Parris

ESS Voice (voice) (as Pat Parris)

Andre Stojka

ESS Voice (voice)

Dan Sturkie

ESS Voice (voice)

Mel Welles

ESS Voice (voice)

Diane Bivens

Revolutionary Woman (uncredited)

Robert Dahdah

Crowd (uncredited)

Daniel D. Halleck

(uncredited)

Ángel Ramírez

Wild Boy (uncredited)

Tom Waits

Drunken Bar Owner (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The film was made and released about three years after its source novel "The Wolfen" by Whitley Strieber had been first published in 1978.

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The "canus lupis" mentioned in the film is a real zoological term. The species has thirty-nine subpsecies. Its common English names for it are 'wolf' and 'gray wolf'.

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The film was delayed because the effects for the Wolfen were unusable and the filmmakers had to hire another effects company to handle them.

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Goofs

When the doctor is riding his motorbike through the tunnel and spots the wolf, he is mouthing "Help me," repeatedly, but we don't hear his voice. At the end, he says, "Oh my god," but is still mouthing, "Help me."

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Moments before the first murder, the killers stalk their victim (using the "night vision" effect) and pass behind a parked car, revealing the reflection of a bright sunny day in the rear hood of the car when it is supposedly taking place at night.

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Quotes

Edddie Holt: It's not wolves, it's Wolfen. For 20,000 years Wilson- ten times your fucking Christian era- the 'skins and wolves, the great hunting nations, lived together, nature in balance. Then the slaughter came.

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Edddie Holt: The smartest ones, they went underground into a new wilderness, YOUR CITIES. You have your technology but you lost. You lost your senses

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Warren: Well I'll be God fuckin' damned.

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